Keele road reopens following accident

Stoke 10K

Jennifer Taylor, Megan Allred, and Sam Thompson, all took part in the Stoke 10k for Dougie Mac

14:22

A525 now closed following accident

A525 Keele Road in both directions closed due to accident, two vehicles involved between Gallowstree Lane / Cemetery Road and Orme Road.Police are at the scene dealing with the accident.

14:07

Location of accident on A525

The accident has taken place between Keele University and Madeley Heath.

14:05

Accident in Keele

13:34

Load heading into Talke

The wide load is now travelling into Talke.

13:29

Delays after wide load makes its way through Newcastle

There’s still slow traffic on the A34 Lower Street Northbound near A52 Ryecroft / B5367 Knutton Lane due to the wide load.

It’s on route to Box crossroads where it will pause before heading into Talke and then A34 north towards Congleton.

12:38

Wide load clears Newcastle

The wide-load travelling through the area has cleared Newcastle and is now on its way to the Box crossroads.

11:52

Wide load moving again

The wide load that was stuck in Stone is now moving and on its way to Newcastle.

11:47

Part of M6 to close for installation of ice sensors

Part of the M6 is to be closed through North Staffordshire – for the installation of ice sensors in the carriageway.

The work will close the northbound carriageway – from junction 15 at Hanchurch to junction 16 at Barthomley – as well as the slip-road onto the northbound carriageway at junction 15. Find out more, including when it’s going to happen, in our full report.

Delays in Fenton because of 10k race

There’s slow traffic on the A52 Leek Road at A50 Lichfield Street (Joiner’s Square), with congestion on A5007 City Road to Oldmill Street and on A5007 City Road to A50 Victoria Road. The delays are because of the 10k race.

10:01

M6 collision cleared

All lanes of the M6 are now open, after the accident cleared on the Southbound stretch between J17 A534 (Sandbach / Crewe) and J16 A500 (Crewe / Stoke-On-Trent).

09:42

Today's weather

According to the Met Office, after a bright start this morning, cloud will thicken with outbreaks of mainly light rain spreading across. It will turn windy, with sunshine and showers following on later, these heavy with the risk of hail and thunder. Feeling cool. Maximum temperature 18 °C.

08:30

Part of A34 blocked with abnormal load

One lane of the A34 is blocked due to the abnormal load Northbound after A51 / Brooms Road (Aston Island).Lane one (of two) is blocked. The wide load is in a lay by due to safety checks near Stone House Hotel. There is a cycle race in Trentham and the wide load will wait for that to clear before heading off again around 11am.

08:14

Collision closes lane on M6

One lane of the M6 is closed Southbound due to a collision between J17 A534 (Sandbach / Crewe) and J16 A500 (Crewe / Stoke-On-Trent). In the roadworks area. Traffic is coping well.

08:10

Wide load delayed near Stone because of 'safety issues'

07:56

Wide load going from Stafford to Congleton

Watch out for this if you’re driving through North Staffordshire at all this morning. We’ll bring you updates on the wide load’s progress throughout the day.

07:52

Motorcycle fire in Newcastle spreads to house

Firefighters from Newcastle and Hanley rushed to Victoria Street, in Newcastle, at 3.30am this morning after reports of a blaze.

Hanley stood down and a crew from Newcastle dealt with the incident, which was a motorcycle fire which had spread to a house.

07:19

Early hours house fire turned out to be rubbish blaze

Fire crews from Longton were called to a house fire in Blurton at 0.11am this morning.

Two pumps were dispatched but it turned out to be a rubbish fire. One pump spent 10 minutes dealing with it, using a hose reel jet.